This company, formed on September 6, 1792 on the section of the Louvre was composed of students of Letters and Sciences, students of the schools of Law and Fine Arts. She defiled before the Legislative Assembly on September 8, 1792 and was incorporated, in Chalons-en-Champagne, on September 23, 1792 in Battalion 9 bis, said battalion of the arsenal. It was dissolved at the end of February 1793. Among the volunteers of this company we can mention some artists: His captain Jacques Lemercier (sculptor), the second lieutenant Jean-Baptiste Francesqui (sculptor known as Fransechi-Delorme), the non-commissioned officer Louis-François Lejeune (painter), the simple soldier Jacques Augustin Catherine Pajou (painter), but also the future economist Jean-Baptiste Say.
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